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Expecting more medal in women's wrestling: Geeta Phogat on Asian Games

Vijayanagar (Karnataka), Aug 15 (ANI): Commenting on the upcoming 18th Asian Games, famous Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat said she is expecting more medal in women's wrestling. The Sports Ministry on August 11 gave a go-ahead to an 804-member Indian contingent, including 572 athletes, for the upcoming 18th Asian Games. Asian Games are slated to be held from August 18 to September 2 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.

Roger Federer 'anxious' ahead of Cincinnati Open

New Delhi, Aug 14 (ANI): Twenty-time Grand Slam Champion Roger Federer, who will be making his first hard-court appearance since Miami Open in March, has said that he is anxious ahead of the Cincinnati Open. The 37-year-old, however, asserted that he is happy to be back and hoping for a good tournament ahead. "I've been practicing on hard courts, so it's not like I haven't played on hard courts for forever. I feel I am really ready to go. Anxious actually," ATP website quoted Federer, as saying. "Cincy has been a great tournament for me in the past. It's great to be back and hopefully I can play a good tournament," he added. The Cincinnati Open will be Federer's first tournament since Wimbledon where he was stunned 2-6, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4, 13-11 by South Africa's Kevin Anderson in the quarter-final of the championship. Federer will play his opening match of the tournament against Peter Gojowczyk of Germany on August 15. Meanwhile, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic defeated Steve John

India vs England: India trails behind 289 runs, fans pray for rain to save the game

London (United Kingdom), Aug 12 (ANI): England dominated India on the 4th Day of Second Test match on Sunday. England put a score of 396 on board before declaring the innings. India has a herculean task to save the test match. Fans, however, looked optimistic and they prayed more rains for India to get upper hand of India's comeback in the match at Lord's. "Virat and team India will save the match with their batting line up", said a fan. "The weather is on our side and it will be good for us if it rains", said another fan. England leads the 5-match series by 1-0.

Indian Men's Handball Team Captain thanks IOA for promoting the sport

New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Indian Men's Handball Team Captain Deepak Ahlawat thanked Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for promoting the sport in the upcoming Asian Games. "We now have better equipments and it is great that we are now getting recognition", said Ahlawat while talking to ANI. "We will now perform better than ever", he added.

India vs England: Fans hoping for strong bowling attack by India for comeback

London (United Kingdom), Aug 11 (ANI): Indian batting line up crumbled and managed to put up meagre total of 107 on day 2 of 2nd Test match against England. Indian fans at the Lord's now hope for a strong bowling attack by the team to stay in the match. "We are hoping Indian bowlers to take early wickets so that they stay in the match", said a fan. James Anderson's 5/20 restricted India to a scanty total. England leads the 5-match Test series by 1-0.

Rugby World Cup trophy arrives in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Aug 10 (ANI): Rugby World Cup trophy arrived in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The coveted trophy is on world tour. Rugby World Cup also known as Webb Ellis Cup trophy arrived in India for the first time ever. School students in large numbers gathered to witness the trophy. Bhubaneswar is one of the three cities in India that hosted trophy tour. The tour aims to attract Indian youth towards the sport. The World Cup will be held in Japan in 2019.

Asian Games 2018: Rajyavardhan Rathore attends sending off ceremony

New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): Union Minister of State (I/C) for Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore participated in the sending off ceremony for the Indian Contingent for the 18th Asian Games to be held in Jakarta. The Minister wished the players to do their best in the games and showed confidence of winning. The Indian Olympic Association is sending contingent of over 800 members including 572 athletes who would be competing in 36 sports in Indonesia. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore along with the Olympic contingent showed victory sign. He said, "We have wished the players so that they do not worry about the results and whatever hard work they have done, they should perform accordingly. We have a big responsibility. We want that the players give their best performance. Our wishes are with them." Shooter Anish Bhanwala said, "There is difference of competition between Asian Games and Olympic Games. I have focus on myself that I should do my best. I am very happy that I am getting a chance to repre

India vs England: Fans hopeful of India's comeback in 2nd Test

London (United Kingdom), Aug 10 (ANI): Indian cricket team looked struggling after losing two wickets in quick succession before rain stopped the play on the day two of 2nd Test match against England. Fans at the Lord's stadium said that they expect a good game of cricket and there is a great chance of India coming back in the game. England leads the five match series by 1-0.

Being India's flag-bearer at Asian Games will boost Neeraj Chopra's morale: Mary Kom

New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): Indian women boxer Mary Kom congratulated star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra after his named has come up for Indian contingent's flag-bearer for the Asian Games opening ceremony. She said this kind of act boost the morale of athletes and encourages them for giving their best. The Star javelin thrower today named as Indian contingent's flag-bearer for the Asian Games 2018 opening ceremony. The Asian Games to be held in Jakarta on August 18.

U-20 COTIF Cup: Football men's team arrives India after defeating Argentina

New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): Indian national Under-20 men's football team that beat Argentina in the COTIF Cup in Spain on August 6 arrived at the IGI Airport in Delhi early this morning. India's Under-20 team defeated Argentina 2-1 in a mouth-watering contest at the COTIF Cup in Spain. Despite being reduced to 10 men after Aniket Jadhav was shown the red card at 54th minute, the team was successful in beating the six time Under-20 World Cup champions. Deepak Tangri and Anwar Ali scored the goals for India in the 4th and 68th minute, respectively.

It's an honour for me to be captain of our national team: Virat Kohli

London (United Kingdom), Aug 08 (ANI): Speaking about captaincy, Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday said that it is an honour for him to be the captain of the team. Briefing the media he said, "I am doing as much as I can as a captain. Everybody has different points of view of captaincy but I think I have really good communication with every player and being in right mindset is the individual thing. It's an honour for me to be the captain of our national team."

PV Sindhu eyeing Asian Games glory

Hyderabad, Aug 0 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu, who recently settled for second consecutive silver medal in the Badminton World Championship after losing to Carolina Marin of Spain in the final match, has said that she would make a strong comeback and her focus is on taking out the positives from the tournament. Sindhu added that she plans to bring glory to her country in the upcoming Asian Games despite the dearth of time.

England is strongest contender for 2019 World Cup: Glenn McGrath

Rohtak (Haryana), Aug 06 (ANI): Former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath stated that England is the strongest side in One Day Internationals, according to him. "For me England is the best team, the way they play, the team they have. If they continue playing this way, it will be tough for other teams to compete with England", said Glenn McGrath. About India's last Test match against England, Glenn said that top batsmen of India including skipper Virat Kohli make a huge difference for the team. Cricket World Cup 2019 will be hosted by England and Wales.

India vs England: Lot of things to be proud about the 1st Test match, says R Ashwin

Birmingham (United Kingdom), Aug 04 (ANI): India faced a narrow defeat against England in the first Test match at Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Saturday. On the loss, Indian ace spinner R Ashwin said, "I think this a game we would have liked to finish on the winning side. I think there are a lot of things we can feel proud about after this game". "I don't feel that bad or hurt right now because I feel we competed really well", he added. India lost by a small margin of 31 runs in the first match of five test match series.

U-17 football team returns home after becoming champion at SOAG

Agartala (Tripura), Aug 04 (ANI): Members of the Under-17 football team from Tripura, who became champions of the Students Olympic Asian Games (SOAG) by defeating Pakistan, returned to India. Executive Member of Sports and Youth Affairs of ADC Parikhshit Murasingh welcomed the boys, who became the best football team of Asia Continent. The U-17 India team defeated Pakistan by 3-0 goals in Thailand's Pattaya. Earlier, the team defeated Bangladesh in the quarter-final and Thailand by 7-0 goals in the semi-final.

If each player plays as per plan, we can beat any team in Asian Games: Sardara Singh

Bengaluru, Aug 03 (ANI): Veteran defender Sardara Singh on Asian Games said, for the past 3-4 years, our team has been performing well and our world ranking has improved. This is a very important tournament and each player will have to give their 100%. If each player plays as per plan then Sardara said, he is sure that India can beat any team in Asian Games.

India Vs England Coach Sanjay Bangar hails Kohli for his crucial ton

Birmingham (United Kingdom), Aug 03 (ANI): Indian test team skipper Virat Kohli scored his first century in England in the first Test at Edgbaston. With early fall of wickets, Kohli managed to keep India close to England's first innings score. Assistant coach Sanjay Bangar hailed Kohli's innings, for his ton (149) to take India to the total of 274, falling short of just 22 runs of England's total. "Brilliant innings by Virat massively narrowed gap between two teams with contributions from other batsmen", said Sanjay Bangar.

India vs England 1st Test: Kohli and Co aim to fix past records

Birmingham (UK), Aug 01 (ANI): Indian Cricket team is all set for their first match of the five-match Test series against England on Wednesday at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. The match beginning at 3.30 PM (IST) will be a chance for India to set their victory against England on English soil as their last win was in 2007 in three-match Test series. The match will see Captain Virat Kohli along with Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav among others. Among the English players, Captain Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes among others will play. Though, India have been handed a few setbacks, with pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar missing the first Test due to their respective injuries.

Asian Games Gold Medalist Hakkam Singh Bhattal battling liver, kidney ailments

Sangrur (Punjab), Jul 29 (ANI): Hakkam Singh Bhattal who has twice won gold for India is now battling with liver and kidney ailments. Due to his ailments, Bhattal is unable to talk. However, Bhattal received no help from the government in such health conditions. His wife said, "The government should help us. My husband's pension is the only help for us. A player is popular only till he is a player after that no one even asks him. We have only 2 acres of land and my husband's pension is only Rs 7,000. In such a situation it is difficult to do treatment."

Team India reached stadium for last of their 3-ODI match against England

Leeds (United Kingdom), Jul 17 (ANI): Indian cricket team arrived at the Headingley Carnegie Cricket Ground in Leeds for the last of their 3-ODI match on Tuesday. Players could be seen coming out of their designated bus outside the stadium. Indian fans cheered on as the players made their way to the stadium, chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. England and India are on a draw, winning one ODI each.